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Women's Digital Knowledge Library
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Africa
Girls’ Education South Sudan
Programme that aims to transform a generation of South Sudanese girls by increasing access to quality education.
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Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood
A report showing that adults view Black girls as less innocent and more adult-like than their white peers.
education
Be Her Resource: A Toolkit About School Resource Officers and Girls of Color
This toolkit is based on first-of-their-kind focus groups and interviews with school resource officers (SROs) and girls of color.
feminism
The Amelia Bloomer Book List
An annual annotated book list of well-written and well-illustrated books with significant feminist content, intended for young readers.
education
Unlocking Girls’ and Women’s Economic Potential with Education
Girls’ education is a strategic development priority for the World Bank.
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White House Report: Women and Girls of Color: Addressing Challenges and Expanding Opportunity
Report highlighting work the Obama Administration has done to reduce barriers to success for everyone including women and girls of color.
data
The Status of Girls in Wisconsin
This report provides information, without extensive interpretation, to serve as a catalyst for young women and girls and the agencies that serve them to voice their perspectives on the issues and challenges they face and work to develop the solutions, programming and resources needed to address these issues.
education
National Coalition of Girls Schools
Coalition’s goal is to systematically document the benefits of single-sex education for girls and share that information broadly.
education
The National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education
A nonprofit organization dedicated to improving educational opportunities for girls and women.
child marriage
More Power to Her: How Empowering Girls Can End Child Marriage
Study showing how and why investing in girls is critical to end child marriage.
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Girls Inc.
Girls Inc. is the preeminent girls’ leadership organization equipping girls to reach their full potential.
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Girls for Gender Equity
An organization committed to the physical, psychological, social, and economic development of girls and women.
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Girls Write Now
Girls Write Now is a national premier creative writing and mentoring organization for young women and gender expansive youth aged 14-24.
education
She’s the First
STF supports girls who will be the first in their families to graduate high school and trains students everywhere to be global citizens.
case studies
Global Guidance on Addressing School-Related Gender-Based Violence
Provides key information to governments, policy-makers, teachers, practitioners and civil society who wish to take concrete action against school-related gender-based violence.
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Transitioning to a Healthy Adulthood: Lessons learned from adolescent girls living with HIV in urban Zambia
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and Zambart conducted formative research between January and April 2015 to generate evidence-based ideas for services and programmatic interventions that support healthy transitions to adulthood among adolescent girls living with HIV in Zambia.
child marriage
District-Level Study on Child Marriage in India: What do we know about the prevalence, trends and patterns?
Study of child marriage rates at the district level throughout India.
Africa
Team Kenya
Their mission is to involve entire communities in gender equality, so that girls in rural Kenya can create their own bright futures.
Africa
Team Kenya
Involving communities in gender equality, so that girls in rural Kenya can create their own bright futures.
development
Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries: Gender Justice and Norm Change
Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries explores the detrimental impact of discriminatory gender norms on adolescent girls’ lives across very different contexts. Grounded in four years of in-depth research in Ethiopia, Nepal, Uganda and Viet Nam, the book adopts a holistic approach, recognising the inter-related nature of capabilities and the importance of local context.
